Life
1849-1922; b. Birmingham, of Irish descent; ed. Birmingham, Merton Coll.
Oxford, and later awarded DLitt by TCD; ord. 1878, rector of St. John’s,
Limerick; Miss Honoria (1894), romance in which the hero becomes
East End missionary; Sent By Angels (London: Cassell 1898), 205pp.;
The Calling of the Weir (1902), love story of Protestant middle
class; Mack the Miser (1907), middle class Protestant life in Limerick.
Religious principles mixed with romantic fantasy. IF SUTH.
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Notes
John Sutherland, The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction (Longmans
1988; rep. 1989), lists verse, Gaslight and Stars (1880); novels,
Rider’s Leap (1887), sentimental and pathetic Irish story
of gentlewoman who survives love-disppointment for become Lady Bountiful
to a village; The Dream of Dania (1897), romantic upsets; specialised
in sweet women betrayed by cads; wrote tracts for RTS; dg. Rosamund wrote
novels in 20th century. BL 12.
Eggeley Catl. 44 lists Diana Fitzmaurice, or Candour is Better than Flatter (Preston: Askew [1901]), remaindered iss. of The Dreams of Dania ill. Jack B. Yeats; sheets bought from Bowden and reissued cheap; Rider’s Leap (Halchards 1888), 414pp., adventures in England and S. Africa; some foxhunting.
Belfast Central Public Library holds Cracked Fiddle (n.d.); The Dreams of Dania (1897) Gaslight and Stars (1880); Little Tapers (n.d.)
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)